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A 5-year old girl was shot hours ago one block away. It was in an area where "tough guys" hang, drink and smoke weed in front of their house. Why are people so tough when shooting and tormenting…Continue

Was at the store today and heard a number of people who were casually cursing up a storm in front of children...all cases with the children under approximately 8 years old.When I was working on a…Continue

I'm sick and tired of us using what I refer to as "prison eyes" [looking at women as if that was the first one seen in years] on every woman that goes by? As sisters go to college in rates unmatched…Continue

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Darryl Montgomery-Hell

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I was the bass player in the punk band Public Disturbance. I was in that band from 1980 to 1984 when we broke up. I found new wave / punk rock in the mid 70's. I've always been into eclectic music/art; Parliament Funkadelic, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, ELP, and so on. It was bands like 999, Devo, the Plasmatics, Fear, Dead Kennedy's, the Damned and many more that were my saviors growing up a "raisin in the sun" in the heart of the New Jersey shore.

I was/am quite honored that someone took the time to create the PD MySpace page for us. Over the last 10 years, I've been finding articles referencing to/or about PD. We felt that we were part of a movement that joined the long legacy of social rebellion. When I heard the lyrics for our song "Wartime," it was incredibly bizarre that they could have been written today. It felt like when I did a "Tool and Die" [from the project - Consolidated 1992] jam remix, which referred to the Iraq war. http://www.s6k.com/toolanddie

Also, it was cool to hear music from "back-in-the-day" when my musical art involved my bass, amp, and pedals instead of the hours of set-up I happily and currently experience.

PD were lucky enough to have played with many of the bands we loved. That was the best thing about the early punk movement; you could play with and hang with the bands you supported. They just didn't run back stage, never to be seen until darting to the tour bus.

Punk rock, to me, was and is social rebellion, not just anger for anger sake. Although it was cool to see so many old friends in "American Hardcore," it mostly showed the drunk / "wild man" side of the scene and not the political social side, which many from those days, including myself, are still focused on.

I wasn't rebelling against my parents, it was against a social structure I knew was faulty and unjust...and I felt that I could be part of doing something other than complaining about it. As a person who follows the teaching and spirit of people like Ella Baker, Malcolm X, Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, I have always sought out people of all ethnicities, who believe in bringing to light, minimizing or stopping oppression. Oppression is the root to all the primary issues we face as homosapien bipeds on Earth. It is ones ability to oppress that enables them to do things that might be beneficial for themselves, yet less so or outright negative for others.

I live in Bed-Stuy. My wife and I have a Brownstone here. It's great to see young Black people being allowed be something other than the "buppie", thug, nerd, or smooth models typically offered as options in our culture, though it was incredibly fun to be a punk in the 70's, at a time when the society enjoyed more freedom. [i.e. no; metal detectors, war on drugs, deadly sexual diseases, paramilitary training for civilian police, ect]

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Alright fuckers, you wanted to hook-up, now is your chance! Come party with us for Christmas Dec. 16, 2010 in New York. With free tequila shots from 8-9pm and Live performances by California King and Earl Greyhound. Details on flyer below.Check this out: the first 75 AP members to e-mail their name…See More

"Yeah right, like I'm really going to get into a car with a complete stranger who may be a rapist (at best) or a serial killer. Because we all know that the line "Get in the car" is such an attractive pick-up line (rolls…"

"EHHH.....I just look at women and smile.....sometimes I'll offer them a piece of coconut, granted Im coming from the market.
I live in San Diego.....they worship whiteness out here ( as they feel it will get them closer to the "American…"

"earlier these two dudes rolled up in a bentley at 12 am looking like damn fools telling my sister to 'get in' the car. so she said 'no' and the driver said 'oh my fault i thought you were cute' *dead silence* i guess he…"

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